Man gets life sentence for attempted rape

7:50 PM,
Feb. 22, 2013

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News-Leader Staff

A Springfield man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for attempted rape. Prosecutors say he attempted to rape his ex-girlfriend then tried to light a truck on fire.

Frankie L. Brown, 28, was convicted in November of attempted forcible rape, felonious restraint, first degree burglary, first degree trespassing, first degree tampering and attempted knowingly burning between June 26 and July 27 last year, according to a release from the Greene County Prosecutor's Office.